Why are bugs from September still untouched?

[Andy Burns]

Are the bugs reported verified on all the build platforms? Are the bugs only
occurring during development or after building standalones?

Could the bugs be isolated to a specific OS which Revolution runs on?

Andy "Curious George" Burns

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dar Scott" <dsc at swcp.com>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: Why are bugs from September still untouched?


>
> On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 03:25 AM, xbury.cs at clearstream.com
> wrote:
>
> > I entered a bug in September of last year and it is still marked as
> > NEW?
>
> I know what you mean.  I entered the matchText() crash bug back in
> August.  It is still at NEW.  The only progress seems to be the
> component was changed to "Mac Specific Issues", though I have seen no
> evidence that it is Mac specific.  Since then I have narrowed down the
> bug and can avoid it by not using certain regex, meaning I can't enjoy
> matchText() as I might.  These will crash, for example:  "(?:x)*",
> "(?>x)*", "(?:x){0,836}".  Those are not useful in themselves, but the
> useful ones that crash are complicated.
>
> My guess is that RunRev has limited resources for bug fixes.  One
> strategy is to apply those directly to bug fixes.  Another might be to
> apply those resources to buzz-word product enhancements that would
> create sales that would allow resources to be increased so bugs can be
> fixed.  A manager might also need to consider what it takes to keep
> technical staff happy and that might include building new stuff once in
> a while.  Though I would lean toward directly fixing bugs and
> addressing other core issues, I have to respect the call of those at
> the wheel.
>
> > I've also entered some bugs that never got saved...
>
> I have not seen this.
>
> Dar Scott
>
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